Tahitian & South Sea

TAHITIAN PEARLS are from black-lipped oysters ( pinctada margaritifera ) mollusks that produce these desirable gray to black colored pearls. The Tahitian pearls grow to sizes comparable to the South Sea pearls.

SOUTH SEA PEARLS are produced in a yellow-lipped and white-lipped oysters ( pinctada maxima ) that are grown in the waters of Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. South Sea Pearls generally range in sizes from 8mm to 16mm, rarely 20mm.